Aint nothing like the real thing

Ain t nothing like the real thing, ba-by. Ain t nothing like the real thing.
Ain t nothing like the real thing, ba-by. Ain t nothing like the real thing.


I got your picture hanging on my wall but it can t sing, or come to me -

when I call your name. I realized it s just a picture in a frame.

I read your letters but you re not here. They don t move me,

they don t prove it like when I hear your sweet voice whispering in my ear.


I play my games of fan-ta-sy. I ve been down. I don t see reality.

I need the shelter of your arms to comfort me

I got some memories to look back on, though they help me when you re gone

I m well aware nothing can take the place of you being there.


No other sound - is quite the same as your name.

No touch can do half as much - to make me feel better.

Let s stay together. Ah, ah. Ooh.


Ain t nothing like the real thing, ba-by. Ain t nothing like the real thing.
So glad we got the real thing, ba-by. So glad we got the real thing.